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What Is Astrology?

Astrology is one method of exploring ourselves and our
relationships in the world. Some people do not like astrology. They claim
that it gives you false information about yourself. This task will
help you decide if it helps or not. Sometimes, knowing what is NOT
you, helps as much as knowing what IS you.

Astrology has been around a very, very long time. Astrologers
work by taking a look at the heavenly
influences acting at the time and place of your birth.
Astrology is one way of looking at the starts and how they might affect
you. Astrology can give you ideas to consider
many situations. Those situations can vary from the personal to the most
mundane.

A
horoscope, or birth star chart, is a personal map; it records
the planetary influences at the moment you took your first breath.
The map of
your character is as unique as
your fingerprint. Astrologers say that the influences of the stars when
and where you were born affect you all of your life.

You might think of astrology like you do medicine. In the modern
West, healing is based on science. That science is called medicine.
It depends a lot on doctors, man-made drugs, and surgery. In some
places, healers use other healing techniques: prayer, herbs, energy
work, and more.

The science of space is called astronomy. However, some people believe
that the energy of the planets and the starts affect people. That
approach to understanding people is called astrology. Other people
use psychology,
psychiatry, anthropology religion to understand the self. Why not
find out about all of them? The more you learn, the better choices
you make!

Astrology is based on the belief that all things
are connected. In Astrology, the world is more like a being
than a thing. The world and its inhabitants are joined, like a body and its cells. The
health of the one depends upon the health of others. What happens around
us affects us deeply. If we understand what influences us, we understand
ourselves better.

In Astrology, your Sun Sign
tells you where the sun was placed in the Zodiac
at the time of your birth. Most people know their birthday. From that,
the Sun's position can be easily figure out.

Astrology divides the year
into twelve months of around thirty days each. The Sun takes about thirty
days to travel through each of the twelve astrological signs.
That makes it easy to figure out your sun sign.

However, each of
us is a lot more than just our Sun sign. Everyone's personality is a
unique combination of influences. Those influences come from the Sun, the
Moon and all the planets of the Solar System at the time and place of our
birth. The moon and the planets each affect a part of
ourselves.

Only a complete astrological study can give you all of
the information about yourself. However, your Sun sign remains the center
of your character.